Devaux

Devaux faces attempted murder, assault, burglary, weapons possession and false imprisonment charges.

Hearing in attack on pregnant woman 2010

Devaux may have been wearing the garb to minimize physical evidence, sources close to the case said.

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At one point during the 30-minute altercation, the victim almost made it out of her house, but was blocked at the front door by Devaux.

Attack on pregnant woman in Montgomery induced labor 2010

“I never wanted it to come to this,” Devaux said, according to the affidavit.

Attack on pregnant woman in Montgomery induced labor 2010

Police say Devaux shot the victim with a Taser, touching off a violent struggle inside the victim's house in the relatively quiet northern section of the county near Damascus, according to an arrest affidavit expected to be made public Monday.

Attack on pregnant woman in Montgomery induced labor 2010

Police say Devaux faces attempted first-degree murder and other charges.

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Devaux was originally identified in media reports as a scientist employed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg.

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Prosecutors argued at the hearing that Devaux should be held without bond because she is both violent and, given her connections to New Zealand, a risk to flee.

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Devaux was a “Standards Specialist” at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, in Gaithersburg, from 1997 to 2004, according to a NIST spokeswoman.

Attack on pregnant woman in Montgomery induced labor 2010

What Devaux is saying here is that the advances in technology associated with the industrial revolution and the fossil fuel economy have led to a huge increase in both population and affluence, which has led to an increase in humanity's impact on the environment, and thus we should consider T to be a multiplicative variable, with value greater than 1 in the I=PAT equation.

Technology and humanity's impact on the environment James 2008